Five More Sutras

 

Science Sutra

The questionnaire

was

designed

to measure

the

intelligence

of the recently

discovered

Bipedal

and Quadrapedal

human

curiosities

found by a scientist

in Ankara.

In reply to the question

“What is the season”?

Quadrapedal woman

said

“I am.”

Seathl Sutra

So right you were

The Greater Chief

Who spoke of a single God

calling us home

 

White men and Red

 

As the web comes undone

and we suffocate in our waste

 

As the Earth cries

and expels us

 

Now we hear the Truth

you spoke so long ago.

Septic Sutra

When you’ve spent

the entire day

consumed with the sole thought

that “those damned holes

better Perc!”

You know you’re on your way

to being

Landowner

Capitalist

Extraordinaire.

 

Soldier Sutra

There is rain silence

around me

as I contemplate

the strength of trees

and the

mysteries of the

sunshine

eight hours old

before my eyes

can spy it.

 

The invasive pop

of the semi-autos

of the firing range

a mile away

remind me

of the work

still to do.

 

Squirrel Sutra

Every morning

In my soon to be

Sunflowered yard

 

A horny squirrel

Chases his

Common Law wife

 

In tight twisted corkscrews

Around a twin-trunked Maple.

 

He thinks she’s nuts.